Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – February 13, 2021 – Sport
Ukrainian dancers Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin became the leaders at the international ice dance tournament “LuMi Dance Trophy”, which takes place in Odessa.
The students of Kharkiv coach Halyna Churilova performed a rhythmic dance, as usual, technically, brightly, and emotionally. The judges praised both the technical component of the program – 42.75 and the components – 33.56.
Ukrainians led the top three with a score of 76.31 points, beating the nearest rivals – Victoria Semenyuk and Ilya Yukhimuk from Belarus by more than ten points.
The Belarusians, who are second, have 66.10 points, and the Turkish duo Yulia Zhata / Akalin Burk is in third place with 61.82.
It is noteworthy that the representatives of the junior age group also performed a rhythmic dance. The highest scores were received by Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilya Karankevich – 69.26. The Ukrainian duo Maria Pinchuk / Mykita Pogorelov loses almost nine points to the champions of Cyprus, with whom the famous coach Oleksandr Zhulin works – 60.49. The third result of the Belarusian athletes Zlata Martyshchenko / Vladislav Sitik – 52.93.
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Already today, juniors and adult dancers will perform a random dance.